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Human-human stigmergy
By Jon Dron 3 September 2010 @ 1:13pm Comments (2)
http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf&AD=ADA440006
I am very sad that such a useful report as this was intended for military use but this is a very well researched discussion of stigmergy in human systems that provides an excellent grounding for anyone interested in the area. However, it feels a bit like using the results of Nazi eugenics experiments: useful knowledge, immorally obtained.
Jon Dron
still learning, never learning enough
Comments
One could express the same feelings about technical writing and instructional design, if one finds the military that thoroughly repugnant.
I wonder if the author is the same H. Van Dyke Parunak, biblical scholar, with whom I corresponded when I was writing my master's thesis on the discourse structure of the Book of Romans?
Now *that's* a fascinating connection! Can't be many people with that name.